1946 Dibbern not free to sail till December when Te Rapunga was returned to him to defend his title in Trans Tasman Race. Race ultimately cancelled.

1947 — 1949 Major overhaul of Te Rapunga in Takapuna, NZ. Birth of George and Eileen’s daughter Michela Lalani. George’s family struggling in post war Germany. Henry Miller and friends helping out. Te Rapunga to Rarotonga, then Penrhyn to work on next book. Aitutaki. Return to Auckland.

1950 — 1953 To Hobart, Tasmania to visit nephew Günter Schramm. Won £10,000 in Tatts lottery, but gave half to the chap who presented him with the ticket for covering his work shift. Purchase of Satellite (Woody) Island, followed by purchase of Partridge Island. George and Eileen farmed Woody Island for 3 years. George assembled all-female crew for 1954 Trans Tasman Race.

1954 — 1957 Parting of ways with Eileen. Finished last in Trans Tasman Race, but made his point of equal opportunity for women. Woody Island up for sale. Voyage with young crew to NZ. Te Rapunga hit by rogue wave, dismasted, washed ashore near Greymouth, NZ. One man lost in rescue attempt.

1958 Repairs to Te Rapunga in Greymouth, Wellington. To Auckland.

1959 Departure from Auckland to Brisbane with restored Te Rapunga and new crew of young men. Dismasted in hurricane. Towed back to Auckland by Japanese freighter. Flight to Hobart in anticipation of sale of island. Stuck in Tasmania for a year.

1960 — 1962 Return to Auckland for repairs to Te Rapunga. Working odd jobs. Plan to return to Germany to visit family, to “close the circle.” Died of heart attack in Auckland, June 12, 1962. Henry Miller visited Elisabeth Dibbern in Munich; initiated translation of Quest.

1965 Quest appeared in translation under the misleading title Unter eigener Flagge [Under his own Flag] (Hamburg: Claassen, 1965).

2004 Publication in June 2004 of Erika Grundmann’s Dark Sun: Te Rapunga and the Quest of George Dibbern

2008 Publication of first reprint edition of Quest.

2014 May 2 Death of Eva Menkin. Her mother was married, for a short time, to Albrecht von Fritsch who sailed with Dibbern from 1930-1934 July 23 Death of Dibbern’s eldest German daughter, Dr Frauke Wahine Dibbern Ploog, in Wasserburg at age 91